Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754019Ab0HWOzJ (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:55:09 -0400 Received: from terminus.zytor.com ([198.137.202.10]:55648 "EHLO mail.zytor.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753680Ab0HWOzH (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Aug 2010 10:55:07 -0400 X-User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android References: <20100819224616.GB9967@router-fw-old.local.net-space.pl> <20100823081212.GA13297@router-fw-old.local.net-space.pl> In-Reply-To: <20100823081212.GA13297@router-fw-old.local.net-space.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: [tip:x86/urgent] x86, apic: Fix apic=debug boot crash From: "H. Peter Anvin" Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:54:34 -0700 To: Daniel Kiper , Yinghai Lu CC: mingo@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu, linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <9cca0990-1b78-40e7-a71d-f550b4f504aa@email.android.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1406 Lines: 41 It's already applied. "Daniel Kiper" wrote: >Hi, > >On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 12:24:20PM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 20, 2010 at 5:41 AM, tip-bot for Daniel Kiper >> wrote: >> > Commit-ID: ?05e407603e527f9d808dd3866d3a17c2ce4dfcc5 >> > Gitweb: ? ? http://git.kernel.org/tip/05e407603e527f9d808dd3866d3a17c2ce4dfcc5 >> > Author: ? ? Daniel Kiper >> > AuthorDate: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:46:16 +0200 >> > Committer: ?Ingo Molnar >> > CommitDate: Fri, 20 Aug 2010 10:18:28 +0200 >> > >> > x86, apic: Fix apic=debug boot crash >> > >> > Fix a boot crash when apic=debug is used and the APIC is >> > not properly initialized. >> > >> > This issue appears during Xen Dom0 kernel boot but the >> > fix is generic and the crash could occur on real hardware >> > as well. >> >> Do you have any report on real hardware? >> that could not happen on real hardware. > >Till now no, however I think it is good idea >to apply this patch now. It is not worth to wait >for another null pointer dereference. > >Daniel -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please pardon any lack of formatting. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/